South Africa ranks second globally for education spending but near the bottom for digital skills and outcomes.
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Government’s draft AI policy has proposed the creation of seven new institutions to govern AI in South Africa.
Meta, Amazon and Google are bankrolling advanced nuclear reactor projects to secure power for AI data centres.
Researcher BMIT forecasts 5G will account for two-thirds of all residential wireless broadband connections by 2029.
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Raids and court convictions have occurred in the Western Cape as MultiChoice targets illegal streaming operations.
Vodacom says it has achieved 5G upload speeds above 250Mbit/s, though the technology is not yet being deployed commercially.
A UCT-led team has used South Africa’s MeerKAT and Salt to reveal a vast hidden supercluster lurking behind the Milky Way.
Vast stretches of rural Africa remain unconnected – and closing the gap demands deep specialist skills.
Canal+ shares plunged 23.5% after MultiChoice subscriber losses and a grim revenue outlook rattled investors.
Canal+ has called Showmax an “expensive failure” whose closure will help accelerate cost savings at MultiChoice.
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Amazon Web Services was hit by a major outage on Monday, causing connectivity issues for many companies around the world.
AI chatbots are transforming India’s $283-billion tech sector, replacing call-centre workers and redefining the nation’s role in global outsourcing.
Apple has unveiled a series of product updates, including a refreshed MacBook Pro and a new iPad Pro.
Google is ramping up efforts to capture more corporate clients with its artificial intelligence tools.
